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Changes from NetBSD 5.0 to NetBSD 6.0:

	syslog(3): Import Martin Schuette's Summer of Code project:
		Reliable TCP connections, syslog protocol API,
		encryption. [christos 20081031]
	agp(4): Add support for Intel G35. [christos 20081108]
	kernel: Add generic producer/consumer queue. [matt 20081111]
	lkm: Removed. Superseded by the new module framework. [ad 20081112]
	module: Allow the POSIX semaphore code to be loaded as a module.
		[ad 20081112]
	module: Make compat_ossaudio a module. [ad 20081113]
	module: Make compat_ndis a module. [ad 20081113]
	build.sh: Add support for new MAKEVERBOSE levels 3 and 4.
		[apb 20081113]
	libfetch: Update to libfetch 2.20. Allow HTTP auth to be provided in
		URL. [joerg 20081114]
	module: Make POSIX AIO loadable as a module. [ad 20081114]
	amd64, i386: Make boot loader autoload a kernel module corresponding
		to the root file system type. [ad 20081119]
	module: Make the emulations, exec formats, coredump, NFS, and
		the NFS server into modules. [ad 20081119]
	rump(3): Move VFS functionality away from librump to a new library:
		librumpvfs [pooka 20081119]
	kernel, libc: Add new ptree (Patricia / RADIX tree) implementation.
		[matt 20081120]
	i386: Switch the i386 installation CDs away from RAM disks and
		instead use the CD-ROM as the root file system. [ad 20081121]
	i386: Remove most compat and file system options from GENERIC
		since they are also provided by modules. [ad 20081122]
	nfs: Avoid noisy nfs_timer/nfs_reply DEBUG output that occurs
		when the NFS server goes away. [mrg 20081123]
	compat_osf1(8): Add getpgid, needed for Tru64 4.0g ksh.
		[njoly 20081124]
	module: Make PPP compressors modules. [cube 20081125]
	i386: Make pxeboot(8) understand boot.cfg(5). [ad 20081125]
	agp(4): Add support for the Intel G45 AGP. [christos 20081129]
	compat_osf1(8): Fix getdirentries(2). [njoly 20081202]
	module: Add a couple of sysctl(8) entries, kern.module.autoload and
		kern.module.verbose. [ad 20081203]
	module: Add a layerfs module. [ad 20081205]
	libc: Add fdopendir(3), from Solaris/Linux. [ad 20081205]
	compat_linux32: Add getresuid() and getresgid() syscalls.
		[njoly 20081205]
	ddb(4): Add 'show vmem' and 'show all vmems' commands.
		[cegger 20081207]
	re(4): Add support for a 8168C/8111C revision. [alc 20081208]
	tab(1): Add tabs utility, fixes PR bin/11227. [roy 20081211]
	httpd(8): Add rc.d script to control httpd daemon. [mishka 20081211]
	ath(4): Switch from the binary HAL to the open-source HAL released by
		Sam Leffler. [alc 20081211]
	compat_linux32: Add clock_nanosleep syscall. [njoly 20081212]
	boot.cfg(5): Add an option to clear the screen. [christos 20081213]
	pms(4): Add Elantech multi-touch trackpad support [jmcneill 20081213]
	sparc: Switch to use wscons. [macallan 20081213]
	snprintb(3), kprintf(9): Share snprintb(3) among kernel and libutil
		and make it supersede bitmask_snprintf(9). [christos 20081216]
	sup(1): Add -M user flag to specify the username to send mail to from
		the command line. [christos 20081217]
	malloc(9): Remove MALLOC() and FREE() macros. [cegger 20081217]
	x68k:	pow(4) switches to use MI powerd(8) [isaki 20081220]
	viaide(4): Add VT8237S Integrated SATA Controller support.
		[nonaka 20081221]
	lvm:	Add LVM functionality to NetBSD; this is done by dm(4) driver
		in kernel and lvm2 tools made by RedHat. We use the same well
		known interface as Linux does for managing LVM. [haad 20081222]
	gcscaudio(4): Add AMD Geode CS5536 audio driver, from SHIMIZU Ryo.
		[jmcneill 20081228]
	rump: i386 and amd64 can use kernel module binaries [pooka 20081230]
	mount_cd9660(8): Add nocasetrans option as a synonym for nomaplcase.
		[christos 20090103]
	rc.d(8): Add a script for rndctl(8). [apb 20090104]
	module: Add sysvbfs module. [pooka 20090105]
	bwi(4): Add a driver for Broadcom AirForce / Apple Airport Extreme
		wireless network controllers. From Taylor Campbell.
		[macallan 20090109]
	rgephy(4): Support for RTL8211C(L) phy. From FreeBSD. [cegger 20090109]
	rgephy(4): Support for flow control. From OpenBSD. [cegger 20090109]
	makefs(8): Add support for encoding RISC OS metadata into
		ISO 9660 file systems. [bjh21 20090110]
	time_t, dev_t: Change time_t and dev_t to be 64 bit quantities. Fixed
		POSIX issues in timeval and timespec. [christos 20090110]
	make(1): Changes to the way .for loops are processed. [dsl 20090111]
	openpgpsdk: Initial import of openpgpsdk v0.9. [agc 20090112]
	age(4):	Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros L1 Gigabit Ethernet.
		From FreeBSD via OpenBSD. [cegger 20090116]
	atphy(4): Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros F1 PHY.
		From FreeBSD via OpenBSD. [cegger 20090116]
	atf(7): Import 0.6.  [jmmv 20090119]
	msdosfs: The default behavior when mounting empty file systems has
		been changed. Previously, msdosfs would assume the -s flag
		(short filenames) in this case; now msdosfs will assume the
		-l flag (long filenames). [jmcneill 20090122]
	openpgpsdk: Imported openpgpsdk 0.9 library (BSD-licensed) into
		src/crypto/external. The command-line driver program, openpgp,
		which is shipped with it has been mostly rewritten to be more
		user-friendly. [agc 20090123]
	X11: added support for X11FLAVOUR=xorg for NetBSD/alpha.  No support
		for turbochannel graphic cards yet. [bouyer 20090124]
	kernel: Add support for loading pseudo-device drivers. [haad 20090202]
	module: Add a module for vnd(4) driver. [haad 20090205]
	dkctl(8): Display cache, strategy, and list of wedges if no command
		is specified in the command line. [uebayasi 20090207]
	udf, mount_udf(8): add support for session opening/closing on
		sequential media. Media can be closed on request on unmount by
		passing the '-c' flag as mount option. [reinoud 20090208]
	libc: Add RFC 2045 MIME Quoted-Printable support. [christos 20090210]
	sgimips: Add Personal IRIS 4D/20 and 4D/25 (IP6 and IP10) support.
		[rumble 20090212]
	sk(4): Add support for flow control. [cegger 20090212]
	nfe(4): Add support for flow control for MCP65. [cegger 20090212]
	share/mk: Enable -Wsign-compare for $WARNS>=4.  [lukem 20090212]
	tests: Converted the awk, basename, bzip2, config, cut, dirname, grep,
		gzip, libcrypto, m4, make and sdiff tests to ATF.  Initial
		work from the GSoC 2008 project by Lukasz Strzygowski.
		[jmmv 20090213]
	libfetch: Import libfetch-2.22. [joerg 20090214]
	openssh: Import 5.1. [christos 20090216]
	amd64, i386: The bootloader has been enhanced to support framebuffer
		consoles using VESA BIOS extensions. These changes allow the
		x86 ports to work with the genfb(4) driver, and obsoletes
		the i386-only vesafb(4) driver. [jmcneill 20090216]
	lvm: Import new lvm2tools 2.02.44 version and libdevmapper 1.02.30.
		[haad 20090218]
	compat_linux(8), compat_linux32: Add IPC_64 support for all shmctl(2)
		commands, not only for STAT/SET. [njoly 20090218]
	i386: The vesafb(4) driver has been retired. [jmcneill 20090218]
	tests: Converted some of the kernel tests, including kqueue and ipf,
		to ATF.  Initial work from the GSoC 2008 project by Lukasz
		Strzygowski.  [jmmv 20090220]
	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-4.0.11. [roy 20090221]
	softdep: The soft dependences / soft updates feature of the fast
		file system (FFS) has been supplanted by meta data
		journaling (logging).  Logging provides better reliability
		and better performance for most applications.  Soft
		dependencies will no longer be available from NetBSD 6.0
		onwards.  We encourage users to enable logging on FFS file
		systems. [ad 20090222]
	i386, amd64: ucas (CAS for user-space address) support for i386/amd64.
		[rmind 20090223]
	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-4.0.12. [roy 20090226]
	evbarm: Improved support for GPIO support on the EP93xx ARM processors.
		[kenh 20090227]
	ext2fs: Add support for >128 byte inode. From Frederic Sausmikat.
		[christos 20090301]
	zaurus: Add zboot from OpenBSD. [nonaka 20090302]
	xen: Add PCI pass-through support for Xen3.  domain0 kernel gets a
		pciback PCI drivers, to which device specified in the
		pciback.hide boot parameter will attach.
		DomU kernels gets a xpci device, to which PCI buses
		will attach.  [bouyer 20090305]
	xen: Add XEN3PAE_DOM0, a i386 domain0 kernel with PAE support.
		requires a i386PAE or x86_64 hypervisor.  [bouyer 20090305]
	ar(1): Add support to ar(1) for 'deterministic mode'.
		[christos 20090306]
	kernel: Compute kern.ipc.shmmaxpgs on startup based on physical
		memory. Default can be overridden via sysctl. [joerg 20090306]
	fxp(4): Add TCPv4/UDPv4 RX hardware checksum support for i82559 and
		later chips. [tsutsui 20090307]
	crash(8): Add a new utility to diagnose kernel crashes. Based upon
		the in-kernel debugger (ddb). [ad 20090307]
	piixide(4): Add support for 82965PM. [christos 20090309]
	libfetch: Import libfetch-2.23. [joerg 20090310]
	wm(4): Add support for 82567LF-3, and fix register access for ICH10DO.
		[msaitoh 20090310]
	module: Add tprof modules. [yamt 20090310]
	zaurus: Add kloader(4) support. [nonaka 20090311]
	altmem(4): Add 'alternative memory' disk device driver.
		[jmcneill 20090312]
	zaurus: Add only playback support to zaudio(4). [nonaka 20090313]
	vnd(4): Implement DIOCCACHESYNC ioctl. [christos 20090314]
	sgimips: Add TCPv4/UDPv4 RX hardware checksum support for mec(4)
		Ethernet on O2. [tsutsui 20090316]
	zoneinfo: Import tzdata2009c. [kleink 20090316]
	am-utils: Import latest from head; adds udf support amd -uu
		[christos 20090320]
	re(4): Add hardware checksum support for newer PCIe 8168C/8111C/8102E
		chips. [tsutsui 20090321]
	eject(1): Turn on amd(8) support for eject. [christos 20090323]
	i386: Use "i486" as GNU_ARCH for i386. [drochner 20090327]
	kmem_alloc(9): Add more extensive runtime debugging facilities.
		[ad 20090329]
	wm(4): Add workaround for 82543GC. [msaitoh 20090329]
	wm(4): Enable hardware vlan(4) support. [darran 20090331]
	amd64, i386: Default to UFS2 on sysinst(8). [ad 20090404]
	sysinst(8): Default to wapbl(4) log for ufs partitions. [ad 20090404]
	pckbd(4): Add a Czech keyboard layout. [mkirby 20090406]
	sysinst(8): Make installer reject UFS2 for root partition on ports
		whose bootloaders don't support UFS2 boot. [tsutsui 20090407]
	cvs(1): Import 1.12.13 [christos 20090408]
	libc: Add glob_pattern_p(3) for new cvs(1). [christos 20090408]
	mtree(8): Add -S option to sort entries.  [apb 20090408]
	newfs_sysvbfs(8): Add support creating a file system to a regular file.
		[pooka 20090409]
	libc: Add memrchr(3). [christos 20090410]
	bind: Update to 9.6.1-b1.  Full NSEC3 support, automatic zone
		re-signing, new update-policy methods tcp-self and 6to4-self,
		unbundle libbind, change the default pid file location from
		/var/run to /var/run/{named,lwresd} for improved chroot/setuid
		support. [christos 20090412]
	libbind: Update to 6.0-rc1. Use md5 for randomid instead of
		sequential id, add suppport for DS, SSHFP, RRSIG, NSEC, DNSKEY,
		DHCID, NSEC3, NSEC3PARAM, HIP and DLV, various new API
		functions.  [christos 20090412]
	re(4): Add support for RTL8168CP and RTL8168D. [tsutsui 20090413]
	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-4.0.13 [roy 20090417]
	zaurus: Add recoding support to zaudio(4). [nonaka 20090418]
	httpd(8): Import bozohttpd-20090418. [mrg 20090418]
	bge(4): Add misc quirk code for chip specific bugs.
		From FreeBSD and OpenBSD.  [msaitoh 20090419]
	queue(3): Add SLIST_FOREACH_SAFE, STAILQ_FOREACH_SAFE, STAILQ_LAST,
		SIMPLEQ_CONCAT, and SIMPLEQ_LAST. [mschuett 20090420]
	ale(4):	Add a driver for Attensic/Atheros L1E Gigabit Ethernet.
		From OpenBSD and improvements from Kevin Lahey.
		[cegger 20090420]
	sdmmc(4): Add a driver for SD/MMC from OpenBSD. [nonaka 20090421]
	landisk: Add UFS2 boot support. [tsutsui 20090421]
	pmax: Add UFS2 boot support. [tsutsui 20090421]
	uftdi(4): Add support for USB serial adapter REX-USB60F.
		[taca 20090421]
	netpgp: Import netpgp. This is a heavily-modified version of
		openpgpsdk, and will replace it. [agc 20090423]
	landisk: Enable to build a bootable install disk image.
		[tsutsui 20090423]
	compat_linux(8): Add IPC_64 support for all semctl(2)/msgctl(2).
		[njoly 20090423]
	zx(4): Add wscons support [macallan 20090423]
	compat_linux32: Add IPC_64 support for all semctl(2),
		following corresponding compat_linux(8) change.
		[njoly 20090427]
	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.0. [roy 20090428]
	rc.d(8): Add an rc.d script for dhcpcd(8). [roy 20090428]
	ichlpcib(4): Attach 82801IEM LPC Interface Bridge too. [njoly 20090429]
	rump: Add support for remote system calls [pooka 20090429]
	sh3: Add some support for SH7706. [nonaka 20090430]
	hppa: Merge the nick-hppapmap branch which includes a port of the
		OpenBSD pmap, improves support for machines without the
		PA7100LC or PA7300LC CPUs, and much more.  [skrll 20090430]
	libc: Add stpcpy(3), stpncpy(3), strnlen(3), all from FreeBSD.
		[perry 20090501]
	install(1): Add support for writing sha256, sha384, or sha512 hashes
		to a METALOG.  [apb 20090501]
	build: Use sha256 instead of sha1 hashes in METALOG and
		/etc/mtree/set.* files.  [apb 20090501]
	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.1 [roy 20090503]
	hp700: Enable support for UFS2 boot. [tsutsui 20090503]
	rpcgen(1): Add support for hyper and quad keywords. [ginsbach 20090506]
	apropos(1): Add -S and -s support, for searching by machine and
		section [wiz 20090508]
	file(1): Import 5.03 [christos 20090508]
	hp700: ucas (CAS for user-space address) support for hp700.
		[skrll 20090508]
	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.2 [roy 20090510]
	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.3 [roy 20090511]
	bluetooth(3): Update the Bluetooth service discovery API and merge it
		into libbluetooth, retiring the separate libsdp.
		[plunky 20090512]
	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.4 [roy 20090514]
	libc: Add the getdate(3) and getdate_err value, conforming to
		IEEE Std 1003.1 (``POSIX.1'') and the Open Group Base
		Specifications X/Open System Interfaces extension (``XSI'').
		[ginsbach 20090514]
	hp700: com at dino now works [skrll 20090518]
	httpd(8): Import bozohttpd-20090522. [mrg 20090522]
	libc: Add %s (seconds since the Epoch) to strptime(3) for symmetry
		with strftime(3). [ginsbach 20090524]
	kernel: File descriptor access performance improvements.
		[ad 20090524]
	i386, amd64: CPU topology detection support for AMD processors.
		[rmind 20090526]
	rumpnet: Add IPv6 support [pooka 20090527]
	agr(4): Add support for layering vlans on top. Also allow LACP
		to be disabled. [darran 20090529]
	openssh: Import 5.2. [christos 20090607]
	module: Add the capability to read an <module>.prop associated
		with a module and merge a plist passed in by modload(8).
		Also, add MODCTL_NO_PROP flag to prevent loading
		<module>.prop. [jnemeth 20090609]
	modload(8): Add various flags to assist in the creation and
		maintenance of <module>.prop and/or to set MODCTL_NO_PROP.
		[jnemeth 20090609]
	ntp:	Import ntp-4-2-4p7. [kardel 20090613]
	ehci(4): Add quirk for SB600/SB700 chipsets to workaround freeze
		in USB subsystem. [cegger 20090615]
	drm(4): Update to mesa-drm 85b9f737db0d2a845e4d7e2bbf9ad12ff9e2227c.
		[mrg 20090619]
	postfix(1): Import version 2.6.2 [tron 20090623]
	wake(8): New command to send Wake-on-LAN packets to machines on
		the local Ethernet. [mbalmer 20090625]
	cpu_reboot(9): tear down stacks of (pseudo-)devices and
		filesystems in an orderly fashion during shutdown,
		detaching the devices and unmounting the filesystems.
		i386 and sparc64 are finished. [dyoung 20090625]
	kernel: Ephemeral mapping (emap) implementation, i386/amd64 support.
		[rmind 20090628]
	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.5 [roy 20090704]
	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.6 [roy 20090708]
	sysmon_envsys(8): Enhancements to allow access to driver-internal
		limit values [pgoyette 20090710]
	libc: Add getdelim(3) and getline(3) conforming to
		IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (``POSIX.1'') [roy 20090713]
	ip(4): Add IP_RECVTTL option to let recvmsg(2) return the TTL
		of the received datagram. [minskim 20090716]
	ip(4): Add IP_MINTTL option to discard packets with a TTL
		lower than the option value. [minskim 20090717]
	openssl(1): Import SNAP-20090710 under the new crypto/external
		framework [christos 20090719]
	gpio(4): Complete rework to integrate with kauth(9), allow for
		runtime driver attachment, naming of individual pins.
		[mbalmer 20090725]
	gpiosim(4): New driver for development/testing purposes to simulate
		a gpio(4) device.
		[mbalmer 20090725]
	gpioctl(8): New commandline syntax to reflect gpio(4) changes.
		[mbalmer 20090725]
	secmodel_44bsd(9), secmodel_securelevel(9): Add provisions to control
		access to gpio(4) pins. [mbalmer 20090725]
	mvsata(4): Support Marvell Hercules-I/II SATA Controllers
		[kiyohara 20090727]
	dhcpcd(8): Import dhcpcd-5.0.7. [roy 20090728]
	bind: Update to 9.6.1-P1.  [christos 20090728]
	xen: dropped Xen 2 support. [cegger 20090728]
	libbluetooth: add device access API bt_dev(3). [plunky 20090803]
	acpi(4): It is now possible to configure devices other than the lid
		switch and sleep/power buttons as a method of waking the
		machine from sleep. Any ACPI device node with a _PRW method
		is now a candidate, and the device nodes are listed in the
		hw.wake namespace. By default, the following device node
		types are enabled as wakeup devices if the firmware supports
		it: lid switch, sleep/power button, PC keyboard controller.
		[jmcneill 20090804]
	openssl(1): Import SNAP-20090805 to fix the namespace issues
		(BLOCK, CSTRING, etc) [christos 20090805]
	tcx(8):	support wsdisplay and acceleration [macallan 20090806]
	zfs: Import OpenSolaris zfs source code to NetBSD, add NetBSD
		patches. [haad 20090808]
	gpioiic(4): New driver to create an I2C bus using GPIO pins in
		bit-banging mode. [mbalmer 20090809]
	voyagerfb(8): a driver for the Gdium Liberty 1000's video controller
		[macallan 20090812]
	mips: removed a.out support [matt 20090812]
	secmode_keylock, keylock, gpiolock(4): Add support for multi-position
		keylocks. [mbalmer 20090814]
	nbperf(1): A minimal perfect hash function generator. [joerg 20090815]
	acpi(4): Updated ACPICA to 20090730. This release includes full
		support for the ACPI 4.0 specification. [jmcneill 20090818]
	iasl(1): The ACPICA ASL (ACPI Source Language) compiler/decompiler
		is now included with i386 and amd64 installations.
		[jmcneill 20090818]
	amd64, i386: Suspend and resume is now supported when using the
		genfb(4) display driver. [jmcneill 20090823]
	suntcx(4): imported the xf86-video-suntcx driver and added hardware
		acceleration [macallan 20090827]
	postfix(1): Import version 2.6.5 [tron 20090831]
	unzip(1): A libarchive-based unzip frontend, emulating most of
		infozip's command line. [joerg 20090903]
	sunleo(4): imported the xf86-video-sunleo 1.2.0 driver from Xorg
		[macallan 20090905]
	hdaudio(4): New standards-compliant Intel High Definition Audio driver
		written to replace azalia(4). [sborrill 20090906]
	sets: Move kernel modules out of base.tgz and into a new modules.tgz.
		[jnemeth 20090907]
	sysinst(8): Install the new modules.tgz set. [jnemeth 20090907]
	build.sh: Add a modules operation which builds kernel modules and
		installs them into DESTDIR. [jnemeth 20090907]
	sysctl(7): Add kern.boothowto variable.  [apb 20090911]
	rc(8): Output is now logged to /var/run/rc.log.  A new rc_silent
		option suppresses output to the console; it can be set
		in rc.conf(5) or by booting in silent mode (e.g. "boot
		netbsd -z" on i386 or amd64).  [apb 20090911]